Product Owner

R800k - R1m

Cape Town

Excellent career opportunity with growing software company specializing in building powerful, scalable solutions that help organizations streamline operations, increase productivity, and drive revenue growth. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys wearing multiple hats, and is passionate about building impactful products in a highly regulated industry.

Key performance areas

Product Ownership & Delivery

• Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring it is prioritized, refined, and aligned with business goals
• Translate business and regulatory requirements into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery
• Participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives

Technical Collaboration

• Act as the primary liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders
• Provide clarity on complex requirements, especially those involving integrations, data flows, and system architecture
• Make informed trade-offs between technical constraints and business priorities
• Support solution design discussions with a strong technical perspective

Compliance & Domain Alignment

• Understand and interpret financial services regulations and compliance requirements in South Africa
• Ensure product features align with regulatory standards and audit expectations
• Collaborate with compliance experts and clients to validate requirements

Stakeholder Management

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including clients, to gather feedback and refine product direction
• Communicate product vision, roadmap updates, and delivery progress clearly
• Manage expectations in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Product Strategy & Improvement

• Contribute to the product roadmap and long-term vision
• Identify opportunities to enhance the platform’s value proposition

Qualifications and experience

• Relevant degree or part and 5+ years’ experience as a Product Owner, in a software development environment within a highly regulated environment
• Strong technical understanding of software systems, APIs, integrations, and data structures
• Proven ability to translate complex requirements into clear deliverables
• Experience in financial services, regulatory technology (RegTech), is highly advantageous

Technical Skills

• Angular (TypeScript), HTML, CSS, Bootstrap
• ASP.NET Core (.NET 10, C#), ABP Framework
• Azure (App Services, Functions, Service Bus, Key Vault)
• SQL Server / Azure SQL, Blob Storage
• OpenAPI / REST APIs & third-party integrations
• Cloudflare (CDN, WAF, DDoS)
• CI/CD pipelines, Entity Framework
• Application Insights, Exceptionless
• Multi-tenant SaaS, layered monolith architecture